This is a logo and identity project for my second Public Design client from last semester. The brief was to come up with a name and identity for a technology start-up that produces bracelets for parents to locate their children. Similar to Amber Alert GPS, the device allows parents to have ease-of-mind knowing the whereabouts [...]
Here’s a very fun conceptual project from my last semester packaging class: Vorlog Dew Beer. I designed and branded a beer aimed at geeks, incorporating a few things they love: sci-fi, comics, and boardgames. Although I’m not the first (nor will I be the last) to incorporate beer and boardgames, it’s good to know I’m [...]
Just a few weeks away is my portfolio show! It will be at the Nexen building on Thursday, April 19, 2012. This is my graduating classes’ chance to showcase all of our best projects to art directors and other design professionals in town. So, if you work in the design or advertising in Calgary, be [...]
Here’s a small design project I finished recently for my Monday evening Production Design class. It’s a typographic calendar featuring quotes and sayings from my favourite designers and illustrators. The goal of the project was to get us to re-familiarize ourselves with InDesign and the correct set up of print-ready files. You can download the [...]
As part of my Advanced Information Design class, I’ve started a book project on the subject of Designers (and Illustrators) and their favourite objects. So far I’ve gotten very positive and enthusiastic responses from people I’ve invited to participate. (That’s my favourite object up above. I bought it during my trip to Japan in 2007. [...]
I just finished a very short project for a new creative group called Senior Creative People. This group consists of ex-copywriters and art directors who worked for DDB in the 60s. The project was to design and develop a simple “Under Construction” page with provided copy and photography. The very cool thing with this project is [...]
To follow up on last week’s blog post on U&lc and Herb Lubalin, here’s a research paper I wrote on Herb Lubalin last year for an art history class. The assignment was a hypothetical interview with Herb Lubalin (if he were still alive today). You can check it out here.
This was my final project for my Illustration II class for this past school year. Using what we learned throughout the course (tonal studies, strong character silhouettes, foreground/background relationships, and visual metaphors), we were to illustrate a scene or theme from a book, along with an accompanying spot drawing. I chose to portray “Life of [...]
Here’s another project from my Illustration II class. We were to convey the idea of opposites using visual metaphors. Of course I chose one of my favourite things, breakin’.
Jamie Wieck, a designer/illustrator at London-based Airside, offers 50 insights that design students should know. Quite a few of them are obvious, but some them made me think, “D’oh, I wish I knew that before!” Like negotiating for a service when a client can’t afford to pay for design work (#28).